Cook Community High School - Cougar Yearbook (Cook, NE)

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' We, the graduating class of 1959, Of Cook Community School in Johnson county, of the State of Nebraska, being of sound and sane mental atiliy, feeling that our days in Cook Com unity School are numbered, do hereby authorize the following disposal of our Valued possessions: To Shirley---Fergie's ability to type fast To Mary Anne--Rozella's ability to catch men To Carole---Joan's ability to talk more To Janet---Joyce's walk so she can attract more boys To Elaine---Mary's ability to chew gum To Ardith---Arleen's poodle cut To Lois---Shirley's ability to sew in sleeves To Helen---Jack's ability to come to school To linda---Neal's ability to play trumpet To Bob Schm dt---James' record of high jumping To Robert Lee---Lynda's study habits To Arlyn---Ronnie's ability to chase down girls To Richard---Dale's ability to sleep in class To Paul---Robert Kraenow's tight jeans To Lonnie---Neal's roller skates to run away from his girls fan club To Howard---Rozella's ability to march in band To Gordon---Susie's red hair To David---Robert's skill at football To Mrs. Hahn---The Senior Boys' ability in band To Mr. Mullins---The Senior Boys' ability to run in a track meet after a dance Mr. Ku f---The ash tray from Fergie's '37 Mr. Coatney---Joan's ability to remember to bring her Modern Problems book to class To Mrs. Livelyh--Shirley's recipe for jelly that never gets hard To Mrs. Parrish---New brush to clean the typewriters To Mr. Carman?--Dale's ability to get up early in the morning To Gary---Lynda Rae's big feet so he can run faster To Ray John---Delbert's height so he can be a better basketball player To Ronnie---Delbert's permanents To Joyce Haeffner---Tomls short hair To Iva Dell---Tom's ability to talk loud in class To Patsy---Fergie's ability to drive To To We, the Seniors of '59, will and bequeath .to.lthe iCookp,Gom unity School all our pin-ups of Ricky Nelson, and all the scraps and pencil stubs in our lockers. we hereby authorize Arlyn NGrumpy Grouchn Neemann to see that these prized articles of our Last will and Testament previously mentioned'are distributed to' the proper people and see that they are used in the correct attitudes , -' - ' ' . .aGiven'under our hand and seal this Twenty-first day of May, in the year of MCMLIX.

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as Lincoln, Nebraska May 21, 1965 Dear Joan, Just a short note to tell you the latest word I have received of some of the students that were in our class back in 1959. Remember Rozella Beasterfeld, the one with the red hair? The one that thought Harvey' was all it. 'We1l, she is now married to a football player from Peru, and is coaching football in a reform school. Just yesterday I received a letter from Neal. He said he and his wife, the former Joyce Haeffner, are living a life of ease as janitors of Cook High School. After Joyce and Neal were married they had a long talk and decided to come back to dear Cook, one way or another. Then there's Shirley! the one living in Brazil. Do you know the guy she married? Well ---- it wasn't Clarence! You see there was this Big Thunderbird. I guess Shirley liked blue better-than she did red so she traded and that's where she ended up. Her husband and six childrename trying to build to their trailer house, with little luck. Delbert's mother wrote me the other day, that Delbert married that blonde he always flirted with in school. They are living on a huge ranch in western Nebraska. Delbert is quite busy training :his show horses and his twin sons. Mary Jane drove up to see rme' the 'other day. She' still Hasn't decided to get married. I guess 'cause she's so proud of her aqua and white chevrolet, and she's afraid her husband might end up to be a Ford man. That would be just horrible. She told me she saw Dale at the dance the other night. She said he looked just darling in his Air Force uniform. He said it wasn't as much fun as he thought it would be when he was way back there in the senior class because the first two years he was on K.P. duty most of the time. But he had the time of his life visiting the Tiajuana jail. You know he hasn't gotten married yet as Joyce is still going to school. Yes, Joyce is learning to be a registered nurse even though it 'is hard to believe. Joyce taking care of people, now, who'd believe that! She couldn't make up her mind between the Air Force and the academy, ann though the Air Force seemed like a much better deal. 'We all know she'D. get it straightenedxout sooner or later.